Sports

Twin boys make 3rd/4th place game

When you narrow the Class C field from 83 teams to the final 8 for the state tournament, there isn’t a weak team in the bunch. So it began to unfold last Wednesday in Missoula with competitive basketball on both the boys’ and girls’ sides.

Beaverhead Little League delays start of season to May 11

Due to the drastic changes in virus spread over the past week, Little League International has recommended we delay the start of our season until May 11. This recommendation falls in line with federal guidance to limit gatherings to less than 10 individuals in order to reduce the risk of community spread of COVID-19.

Montana High School Association suspends spring sports

The Montana High School Association (MHSA) Executive Board, during a conference call to conduct Association business on Monday morning, took the following action regarding MHSA Spring Activities:

Eight Dawgs gain conference basketball honors

Eight members of the University of Montana Western’s basketball program gained honors last week when the Frontier Conference announced its allconference team memberships and individual award winners for men and women’s basketball.

Reign extended NAIA tourney cancelled

The University of Montana Western women’s basketball team got denied a chance to defend its national title this spring due to a decision last week by the NAIA.

Taverns get new sports betting terminals, little to bet on

HELENA, March 12 (AP) – The Montana Lottery has begun installing sports betting kiosks in bars and casinos around the state. But there’s little for would-be bettors to wager on because of coronavirus concerns.

Lady Beavs end season with win

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The Dillon Lady Beavers ended their season with a win, a sign in any other year that the team brought home state tourney hardware. Unfortunately for players in the eight high school state basketball tournaments being held across the state, the season ended prematurely with the cancelation of the events due to safety reasons in relation to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Lady Beavs ask ‘Why not us?’ at stacked State A

The Dillon Lady Beavers will open the Girls’ State A Basketball Tournament Thursday, 1:30 p.m., versus Billings Central. The venue will be the MetraPark in Billings.

“They only have two losses all year and they have a player that has already committed to the Griz as a sophomore, so it is definitely a tall task for us,” said Dillon coach John Hansen. “I compare them to Columbia Falls. They like to shoot the three, they like to get up and down, and we think our pressure can get to them. We hope to slow them down, see if we can get them a little frazzled, and go from there.”

Twin Bridges going back to what got them to State C

There will be no weak sisters at the Class C Boys’ Basketball State Tournament this week in Missoula. A field of 83 teams has been whittled down to the last eight standing after a grueling run through district and divisional tournaments. It is a strong field.

Twin Bridges will enter with a single loss on the season as the second seed from the Western A. They face undefeated Fort Benton, the top seed from the Northern A.

Lady Dawgs outted in league semifinal

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Things started well last Wednesday in the Frontier Conference tournament for the no. 17 University of Montana Western women’s basketball team.

But the second-seeded Lady Bulldogs’ league tourney abruptly ended a few days later the same way their regular-season league campaign concluded a week before—with a loss to Lewis-Clark State College.

The Western women staged a ferocious second-half rally in the quarterfinals of the Frontier tournament on Wednesday to blast past seventhseeded Montana State UniversityNorthern, 62-48.